Loading apparatus.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. H. T. & s. G. WASEBURN. v

LOADING APPARATUS.

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N0. 824,457. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. H. T. & S. G. WASHBURN.

LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLlGATIoN FILED AUG.'1, 1905.

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W/TNESSES:

. y PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. H. T. da S. G. WASHBURN.

LOADING APPARATUS.

' APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 7, 1905.

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2o ment and comparatively inexpensive to man- 3 5 representing the construction and organiza-A i' im" 'T'in 'STATES PATENT ormoni.

. HENRY THEODORE WASHBURN AND SELDEN GARDNER WASHBURN, OF i A GOODWIN, SOUTH DAKOTA. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed August 7. 1905. Serial No. 273,042.

.To a/ZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY THEoDoRE WASHBURN and SELDEN GARDNER WASH- BURN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Goodwin, in the county of Deuel and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Loading Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

1o This invention relates to loading apparatus; and it consists substantially in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

i 5 The invention has reference more espee cially to ap aratus for loading manure and like materia s in the field; and one of the principal objects thereof is to provide an ap aratus of this kind which is simple in its em odi- `ufacture, besides being -portable or readily moved from one place in the field to another, thoroughly effective and reliable for its purpose, and possessing the capacityfor long and z 5 repeated service.

The above and-additional objects are attainedby means substantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 3o Figure 1 is a perspective view of a manureloading ap aratus embodying our improvements, lsai view representing the apparatus complete as it appears in operation in the field. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view thereof,

A tion'of-some of the parts more clearly. Fig. a, 3.4 is anenlarged transverse sectional view in- ,.dicating more clearly the construction and -operation of the movable car and the mov-v able receiver for the manure or other material from the car. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail view ofthe receiver, illustratin more clearly the movable floor thereof an the meansfor operating the same. Fig. 5 is 4 5 an end view of the receiver looking from the left in Fig. 4, this view being on a reducedr scale from said Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side view of the movable car, showing more clearly the preferred devices for restoring to position the 5o tilting Hoor-sections thereof after the same have been released automatically to dump the manure or other material into the receiver; and Fig. 7 is a view in perspective representing thelockingplevices onthe car.

for retaining the dumping floor-sections of the car in position while the latter is filled. 'n

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of our improvements herein shown we employ special means for gathering the manure or 6o other material from the field and for'successively delivering loads `thereof to a car or vehicle which is caused to be carried into juxtaposition With such means, said car being of special construction and operation. A specially-constructed inclined way is also employed, upon which said car travels back and forth from the surface of the field to a specially-constructed receiver for the manure, elevated at a desired height and being 7o equipped with special means for delivering the manure received thereby into a Wagon or other vehicleas a manure-spreader, for instance-which may be moved or carried to proper position beneath the structure for that purpose. The structure is supported in part by a frame suitably braced and strengthened and which is mounted, preferably, on skids, (although wheels may be employed in some instances,) thus to enable the entire 8o apparatus to be conveniently moved fromv one part of the field to another for effective operations.

Reference being-had to the drawings' by the designating characters thereon, l repre- 8 5 sents a suitable arched bridge constructed in lany preferred way, as of boards 2, connected f yat each of their ends to girders 3, suita supported by uprights 4 or in any other uit- Iable way, it being notedl that said bridge is 9o provided, preferably, at about the center thereof with an opening 5 of rectangular or other desired shape.

Disposed upon the bridge 1 at one side of thesaid opening 5 therein is a rake 6 or other 95 device for gatherin manure or other material from parts of t e field adj acentj'to that in which the bridge may b' temporarily placed. Said ral-:e may be of any'suitable construction, preferably having teeth or prongs 7 for roperly gathering the material from the fiel and carrying it onto the bridge from one end or the other of the latter, suitable draft appliances 8 being provided at the forward part of the rake to enable one or vmore horses or other animals to be hitched thereto to drag or pull the same along. Handles 9 may be applied to the rearward por- IOC erly directed l pro that the rake m i car, it being it will be observe mensions considerably larg mensions of the opening ay be .s the bridge without liability to falling through stated that two horses- (not guided byy an operator, that said rake is ofvder than the vdithe bridge, so

on afely carried to. be

adjacent edg them receive the tension or bar 19 o when the two said fLOI'OSS as will be apparent inclined section 14. Thes projecting floor-sect1 being formed-'with'a notch 26 and a hook 217i,- the former cop erating e of a plate with a notch 28 in the 29, secured to. said e notches between end on 16 of the car sections are closed,

floorsaid opening. f the up er end ci the arm a of the lever being The .principal urpose of-the bridge. 1 is to norma ly acted u on by a s ring 30 to carry receive beneath t e same some form of car or. the arm b thereo against t e'said plate 29, other vehicle which is to be loaded with the said spring having one of its ends suitably se- A manure or other material, the car being cured to said inclined section 14 and the other v caused to be run under the brid e directlyV within an opening 31 in the end of the said beneath the opening 5 therein, W e the rake" arm a of the lever. ai projec I5 with its gathered Amaterialis moved up to the end of the exte sion or bar 19 is within opening from one end or the other of the the notches 26 and 28, the hook `27 oi th bridge thus to deliver such'material into -the lever engages with the under side of said end,

, and for the purpose of shown) are usually employed to ropel the causin the floor-sections 15 and 16 4oi the zo rake, one assing alon the groun` to either car to e automatically released when the car side of the rid e, as wi lbe understood. has been caused to move to the upper endl of The car pre erably employed by us into the said inclined ways 23, as and for the purwhich the manure or o ered from the sai tiretyA at' 1 0 in the main 12, respectively, said iront and eratin hing lower edge of an extension 'fioor sections tions to lie agains \section 15, thus the other being simil rear wall of the car in Figs. 1 the front and re and the side wall rear walls beingl preferab sections 14 of the front wal of the carg and arly hingedat 18 to the ther mat t the under side of said oorto hold the latter in lace until the two sections are automatcal y reerial is delivd rake 6 is indicated and 3, and comprises ar walls 11 and s 13, the

pose to be presen in encord or chain 32,

the lever 24 and its suitable art of one ly (When t e car re .hei

thus dump suc 33 therefor, pres er to res thereof secured at 3 section 16 near cordv or cable being tly described, we employ a l having one end thereof 'secured in said opening locked relation, any suitor cable 34,

31 in the said arm a oi ther end secured to any oi .said inclined ways 23. aches a predetermined provided with opposite downwardly and inht, this cord or chain will be jerked or wardly inclined sections 14 to'iacilitate the ul ed upon in such manner-as to swing the c emptying of the load of the car, as will pres ever 24 on its piv't, thus releasing the pro- .ently be explained. The car is provided jecting end ofextension or bar 19, and perwitha bottom or. ilo r constructed 'of Ep mitting the floor-sections of the car to fall Se 1 under the weifrht of the load thereon, and

load into a suitable receiver o0 ently to tore the beexplained.

floor-sections of the loyed, comprising in Fig. 1 and detail having an end the flooremp e (see 5 to an edge of the free end thereof, said thence carried over the leased to dum the contents of the car,-as innermost member of a double pulley 36, \will presently e explained'. The opposite mounted on the adjacent or corresponding lower corner portions 20 of the side walls 13 side wall 13 of the car, thence downwar oi the car have rotatably mounted therein over a pulley 37, mounted on the like'edge of the journals of sets of su iioor-section 15 near the free end thereof and and 22 for the car to travel. u an ways 23 in ig tions 15 and 16 in the body of th 5 5 other and to tension or ar 19 o l wall 11 of the car,

s.`1 and 2, it being mentioned that in order to retain the two said floor-secclosed relation to each the said w lower end of said lever plporting-wheels 21 eels being located down on parallel inclined 'e car the said eX- n the sec thence upward and when the iloo closed it is simply ceiver 33, thence eX of said double pulley 3 6, s being `finally carrie therefor in the car.

r-sections 15 and 16 are to be this cord or cable, and the latter pull lupon the entire car for the tarting down the inclined ways over the other member aid cord or cable d thro It is apparent` that sary to pull upon may also be In lorder to carry or 10 upwardly of the said 3, suitable means maybeemas a rope or cable V39 an end thereof secured at 40 to a part 41 for the said retending to and. around a or the ex- 7o ugh -a guide 38 IIO sheavefpulley -42, mounted atthe outer side of the rear-.wall `-12 ofthe .car,-thenee upward andlovena sheave-pulley 43,;'seeuredgto anthencefdownwardly and 'beneathga ulley44, 'suitably vsulpported at the base of t e-frame,

and -nally aving the free end 4'thereof`lead `offinany suitable way and to whichV a horse or other animalmay be .hitched to move the Saidfcar up the ways, it beingfo'bvious lthat the-descent thereofV ,is geffected, :byjgravitv The saidfsupportingeframe 41 forfthef-receiver 33.ismounted at a suitable. height upon pairsl nected 'by .cross-braces 48,- the3`upper por-- of uprights 4.6, the lower ends oiwhlcl are-in turn mounted upon skidsi or 'runners (or wheels-'may be employed) 47, suitably con' tionszof. the said uprights beinglreferably connected with the forward `en s; of said skids by means of braces 49, the uprights of each pair being also preferably? vconnected with each other by means of crossedgfbraces 50, The said receiver" 33 "is-constructed,

preferably, yof parallel v stationar sec'.- tionsl, connected forwardly o the: struc- -tureby'means of a transverse bar or member journals 56 of a plurality of transyersely-dis,-v posed ,shafts 57, carrying, rollers?58,11alter#v .nating with .eachother in position relatively to theends of the'shafts, thustoffurnish'as v 52 and having secured thereto forwardl at 53 the'crossed hangers 54, the lower 'n sof which extend adjacent to the lower edges of" said side sections 51 and by whichfare su ported the parallel bearing-strips'4 5 5 \for t e broad rotatable surfaces as possible for the movable bottom 59of the receiver, comprising a series of slats hinged or otherwise movl ably joined together. at 60, the forward and rearward ones-61 and 62, respectively',of the normallyfuppermost of said slatsjibeing connected together at 63 andL 64 byrnfeans of a ends'v of pairs of ropes or cables 7Q`- and 71, the

'former of which extend beneath the slatted bottom 59 of the receiver to and over 'guidepulleys (see Figs. 3 and 4) 59th`eref`or,l near the ends 4of the roller '66, thence forwardly and downwardly to and 'aroundawindingshaft `72ftherefor, mounted in suitable bearings in the forward set of uprights 46 for the supporting-frame 41, and the latter (cables 71)- of which extend either over the roller 66 itself orjover 'guide-pulleys 59h, Figs..'3 and 4, therefor'A on said roller, thence tozand around said 72 in an opposite directionto said ropes or cables 70, it being mentioned that sald shaft 72 is rovided at onev end with an' operating cran 'or handle .73(

Thus by turning said shaft 72 in-one direction the-'movable slatted bottom of the 1re? Y ceiverwill be caused to travel rearwardly with the load 74 of manure, as indicated in Y Fig. 4, to deliver such load from the rear-- ward end ofthe casing between the said stationary side sections 51 thereof into a wagon or the like (notfshown) which may beeither 1 drawn or backed up ln'proper position'beneath the receiver, as-willbe understood.

,What We have-herein termed the rearward end of the-'receiver may `be .temporarily 1 closed 'by means of doors 75, hinged at 76 to swing outwardly, as shownin Figs! 4 and 5', said vdoors `being providedO with outturned", L; 85

brackets 77 for receiving a bar 78, pivoted on one of'said doors at79 to lock the doors closed. f The section or length lo f cable 65 is for preventin unduesagging of the slats of the movable bottom -59 under the weight of the loads precipitated thereon, and it is thought ,the construction and operation of our improved loadingapparat'us will be fully `un- \der stood without further detailed descrip- `tion., f

shown in Fig. 2-` we maysometimesemploy a scoop orl'bucket8`1-in lieu vofthe car 10, in which case iwe"-employ a hoistin -cable 8:4 for said scoop or bucket, the latter eing prof Theparallel ways 23 may be connected by t suitable crossed or :otherbraces 80, and, as-

lo'o y vided with a sheave-'pulley 83, around which said .cable extends and which also extends over guideulleys 84 and- 85, mountedat the upper and ower parts, respectively, of the structure, as shown. As the slatted. flooring 0f the receiver ismoved rearwardly to em ty t Vthev manure into a Wagon or the like be ow said flooringmoves around beneath its supporting-rollers, as shown in Fig..4.` When the floor-sections 15 and 16 of the car 10 are carried upwardly to closed position, it is apparent that the end of bar19 will strikethe' under curved edge'of hook 27 of the lever 24, thusmoving the lever sufficiently to enable suchend to pass within the notches 26 and' 28 ofthe locking device therefor.

Having thus described. the invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An apparatus for loadingvmanure and.

the like the field, comprising a vehicle into which the material 'is' loaded, means for hoisting the loaded vehicle` to a suitable height, and a'receiver into which the., mate.

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rial is Idumped from the vehicle, the saidl ve.' j hicle having hinged dropping-sections, any

automatic locking device forv retaining the; A sections 1n closed position, and means vfor au tomatically moving the locking device to re- 1 1'30 lease 4theseetions When-the vvehicle reaches y .the desired height.

retaining and automatic means height.

3.' In an apparatus for loadingiir-ianure'and the like, a vehicle into Which4 the Amaterial is .loaded and from Which it is discharged,.and

means for hoisting the loaded vehicle-to a vsuitable height, the said vehiclei having hinged. dropping-sections, .an automatic de- :vice Y for retaining the sections in .position When closed, means for releasing the sections when the vehicle reachesthe desired height,

and means for carrying the` said sections to closed position. K

thin-apparatus for loading, manure and the like in the field, comprising avehicle into which the manure is loaded, meansI for hoisting theloaded vehicle to a suitablefheight,

.. and a receiver into .Whichflthe' manure is dumped from the vehicle, the latter embody--- ing hinged dro ping-sections, onehaving a member norma ly lying against and extending beyondthe under sideof the'other, :and a spring-controlled locking. device for the :two

f sections. construeted.- of a 'plate having] a notch therein,

manure is loaded, means and. a lever .having 'a notch and a hook, said notches receiving an-end o'rl said. member. f

5. An apparatus for loading. manure and the like, comprising a vehicle into Which the v for hoisting the loaded vehicle to a suitable height, a receiver into which the manure is dumped from the vehicle, thelatter being constructedwith .hinged dropping-sections, automatic devices f for retainingthe sections in closed position to Arelease the sections. on

hold the load thereon, means o erating-.to the .vehic e reaching such height, and means for carrying said sections to closed positionto .be again locked.

therein.

6. An apparatus-for loading manure and the like, comprising a vehiclev into which the manure is loaded, means for hoisting the linto. whichthe: manure is. dumped fr the said means including Ways, and a receiver supported; beneath the vhiQe, thesaid yvehicle :bein

loaded vehicle to a suitable height, a receiver Y om the vehicle,the. latter being. constructed with hinged.dropping-sections, automatic devices for retaining the, sections iniclosed positon to 5 .hold the load: thereon, means operating to re -lease they sections on .'the: vehicle reaching 4such hei ht, means for'carrying saidl sections to close -position tobe again locked therein, embodying hicle," around vone art iof-fwhichpulley the cable extends, an another l pulley-:on lthe other of the. sections also Aaround Which f said cable extends, thence around? the other .p art `of said double pulley andithrough. said guide.

for loading manure and v7. An `apparatus he like inthe field, comprising a (vehicle into Which the material is loaded, means for hoist-A ing the loaded vvehicle-.to aisuitable. height, parallel inclined uppers-.part of theinclined Ways,-.and into Which thematerial is dumped iromzthe .ve-

provided'- with hinged dropping-sections, aevice for retaining. the'sections inclosed position, and means for automatically f releasing -said sections,

W-henzthe .vehicle 'reaches .the upper end of fthe inclined' Ways,.tojpermit=the sections to drop f apparatus for: loadingV manure and ithe, like `.in fthe ield,; .comprising a. vehicle, fmeansifor'delivering the material tothe ve- I i hicle,l means for hoisting .the loaded vehicle to asuitable-heigha-:and areceiver at such `height into .which the material isdumped fromthe vehicle, i said vehicle havingv hinged dropping-sections, means for 'automatically locking tlie=sections in position when closed, means forreleasing the= sections When.I the ve- .hicle 'reaches the dumping. position, and z means for -carrying .the sectionsto closed po- ;sition aterthe material is dumped.

. In testimony. Whereof- We. have .signed our acable .attached to one ofthe secltions, aguideiand a double pulley A:on the venames tgthis specification inthe presence of `two subscribing Witnesses.

- HENRY THEODORETWSHBURN. l SEiDEN-GARDNER WASHBURN. Witnesses: A

- WILLIAM `ROHWEDER,

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